Mini Reviews: The Benedetti Brothers by Natasha Knight

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I was recommended this series by a book friend….so I bought them and they are also on my Beat the Backlist Challenge for this year……I can honestly say these books were like chalk and cheese!

Salvatore was really a wet blanket with a small mean streak and Dominic was EVERYTHING!  But I am stopping reading the series here….nothing can top Dominic for me!

Anyhoo…you can find the blurbs if you click on the covers and my reviews follow!

SALVATORE

This series was recommended by a book friend cause I love the dark mafia reads! So what’s a girl to do, she gets the whole series!

Lucia did irk me for most of the book, her teenage attitude and spoutings were annoying!

I can’t really say that I drooled over Salvatore either, he didn’t strike me as a mafia man. Like at all. I was thinking maybe there just wasn’t enough mafia in it for me (and there was an uncomfortable bit, it was degrading and unnecessary)…….

And after all this I still read on. I had to!

But then at 43% it got interesting for me!

Dominic. Now he intrigued me. Dark, vicious and wrong…..then I wondered what that said about me!!!

 

DOMINIC

This was who I was looking forward to…..

Dominic.

And this was a dark, gritty mafia!

And I loved it!

Dominic fled and now he is totally lost. Lost to himself and others. But meeting Gia changes that.

I loved the fact there was some basic human still left in him! I loved that she was his redemption (well in my eyes!!) and I loved that Gia was the light to his darkness.

‘Dominic was my beast. And somehow, I was his princess.’

Books I want in April…….

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Again, so many good books coming! I am still buried under all the new releases I haven’t read from the last 6 months so I need to get reading and also slow my buying down *famous last words*!!

Here are the books I want in April.  I read YA and also romance (got to mix it up!) so the list includes both!! (If you click on the cover it will take you to the blurb).

 

 

Repeat by Kylie Scott

Descendant of the Crane by Joan He

Fallen Princess by Chantal Fernando

 

 

What books are you looking forward to in April?

Review: Free by Kristen Ashley…

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The Chaos series for me is like dipping strawberries into melted chocolate, decadent and utterly delish! Here is the reading order in case you want to embark on this MC series (and you really should!):

  • Own the Wind
  • Fire Inside
  • Ride Steady
  • Walk Through Fire
  • Wild Like The Wind
  • Free

I wont give you the blurb as this is the final book in the series but if you click the pic below it will take you to Amazon and you can read!

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OH.MY.GAWD.

Been waiting for Rush. Feels like forever. But this was the one I wanted.

And Rebel. I couldn’t have picked better myself!

‘He was keeping me. I was going to belong to somebody. And that somebody was Rush Allen.’

And let’s just talk about Essence for a second. I love her. More than love her. She is my spirit animal and what I inspire to be when I’m old!

The finale. And what a corker it was. This book, and this series is firmly on my reread pile.

‘Because it’s time for you all to be free.’

A Book and a Candle….

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Im back again with a book and a candle!

I absolutely adore candles and have to have them to match my books!

The Harry Potter series is something everyone (well nearly everyone!) loves and I really had to stop myself from buying ALL the candles there are out there.

I did used to have more but I burned them (and then mourned their loss!)

The two I have left are:

Hermione by Flick the Wick.  It smells of vanilla, lily, raspberry and citrus (I had 2 of these and burnt 1 and I can tell you it fills the room with lovely summer-y scents!)

Goblet of Fire by Fairyloot.  The container says it smells of fresh bread and chocolate.  I must admit it does smell a bit weird though so doubt I will ever burn it!!!

 

Do you collect candles?

Tell me what you have!!

My Weekly Epilogue…..

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Welcome to The Weekly Epilogue!

Hope you all had a good week?

The horrible, cold, stormy weather here made me want to just stay in and keep warm so I decided to do an impromptu readathon….all on my own! No theme and just reading the books I picked off my tbr then and there.

The most I normally read in a week is 2-3 books but I decided to go for it….and I read 6! I was so happy as 1 of the books was over 550 pages!

On the blog this week:

Review of Bennett Mafia by Tijan

Top 5 Tuesday – Book Spines

March feature – A Book and a Candle

Februarys Fairyloot Unboxing

Review of Kiss and Break Up by Ella Fields

 

My favourite post from the blogosphere this week was:

From Sophie at Beware of the Reader – How do you like your book blogger? 

 

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Kiss and Break Up by Ella Fields – see my review here.

Dangerous Love by Jamie Begley – see my review here.

Free by Kristen Ashley – look out for my review on Tuesday!

Salvatore by Natasha Knight – look out for my review on Thursday!

Dominic by Natasha Knight – look out for my review on Thursday!

Never Contented Things by Sarah Porter – will post my review closer to release…but lets just say I wasn’t enamoured!

 

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Wicked Saints by Emily A Duncan

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If I’m good I’ll read my arc of Meet Cute by Helena Hunting…..let’s see what happens!

How was your reading week?

What books did you read?

I’ve done it again!!!!

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I couldn’t resist.

I love Fairyloot.

I love the Caraval series.

And it’s my birthday in May.

SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!

Apparently there will be 8-10 items and the edition of Finale will be a FairyLoot exclusive!

EXCLUSIVE COVER ✔

HIDDEN COVER ✔

SPECIAL SPRAYED EDGES ✔

STENCIL DESIGN ✔

SIGNED ✔

MATCHES UK EDITIONS ✔

Anyone else ordered the Finale box?

Review: Kiss and Break Up by Ella Fields.

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This author is just superb. Everything I have read of hers, I have loved.

So what’s a girl to do?

You beg to be on her review team!

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Dashiell Thane wasn’t a nice guy.
He was an abrasive, demanding, conniving, intolerable brat.
Yet somehow, we’d been best friends our whole lives.
Until our senior year when I finally decided to dip my toes into the dating pool.

All it took was one kiss for jealousy, lies, and betrayal to sweep in and propel us heart first into dizzying, hostile depths.

You’re not supposed to kiss your best friend.
You’re definitely not supposed to kiss your best friend while you’re dating someone else.
And the absolute worst thing you could do is fall for your best friend.
Unless, of course, you want to ruin everything.

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It makes me gleeful how fab this author is at writing NA! I always get so nervous before I read her books as I know either my heart will break or my insides will be shouting ANGST at top volume…..sometimes it’s both!
Peggy and Dash are besties and, us, the readers, get young love. But we all remember young love don’t we? We all know this isn’t going to be plain sailing!
Well this book captured all those memories!
I’ll leave you with this…
‘You win.
Freckles. We both win’

Fairyloot Unboxing….February: Beauty and the Beast….

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February – Beauty and the Beast

I was so excited when I heard what this month’s theme was, I mean who doesn’t think about the library every time this is mentioned!!!!

When I opened the box my eyes got wide and I did a little scream of delight!

A sparkly tumbler with an enchanted rose design designed by Taratjah and KDP Letters. I’m taking this to work to drink my squash from!!

A ceramic trinket dish with a quote from Beauty and the Beast designed by Drop and Give Me Nerdy. Perfect to hold my rings in on my dresser!

Tea with Mrs Potts roll on perfume by Little Hearts Gifts. Tea and vanilla flavour! I haven’t actually smelt it yet as I have a stinking cold still and nothing is getting through yet!!!

Enchanted Rose Enamel pin by IceyDesigns. I love, love, love it!!!!

Belle print by @amaretta So, so beautiful.

Wall tapestry by Sweet Sequels and features a dancing scene from Beauty and the Beast.

This sucker is HUGE and very pretty. I don’t hang wall tapestrys but I’m going to put this over my bed!

Book of the month

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A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer.

A Fairyloot exclusive edition with a silky ribbon bookmark and has a rose shaped signed bookplate.

I haven’t read this book yet so am going to join in on the readalong on 18 March.

Do you get Fairyloot? What was your favourite item?

A Book and a Candle!!!

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I thought I’d do something new (well new to me!!)

There is nothing I like more than a matching set! For books I love matching bookish items and candles are by far my favourite thing!

However it’s a catch 22 situation with my bookish candles as I want them….but I don’t want to burn them!!!!

Anyway, this month’s book and a candle is…….

The Folk of the Air series by Holly Black

The Cruel Prince

For this book I bought the Prince Cardan candle by Meraki Candles. It’s clove, oak, moss, leather, black pepper and pine flavour! I wonder if Cardan really smells like that!!!!

The Wicked King

I got my copy and the candle from Fae Crate. The candle is called Underwater Oaths and it’s made by Burning Bright Library. The description reads sea kelp, untamed waves and filtered sunlight. I just love that!

 

Do you have bookish items that you need with your books?

Tell me all (and I might start a new obsession!)